Public Opinion Polling and the Future of Democracy

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Celinda Lake ◽  
Jennifer Sosin
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Opinion Polling ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Experiential Learning Revisited: Lessons from a Student-Led Public Opinion Polling Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-546
Author(s):  
Sara R. Rinfret ◽  
Justin Angle ◽  
Samuel Scott ◽  
Daisy Ward ◽  
Kaixuan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Western State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Opinion Polling ◽  
The Future ◽  
Descriptive Framework

ABSTRACTFor decades, political and private polling operations have informed about the public’s perceptions regarding a range of topics. In particular, universities (e.g., Marist and Quinnipiac) provide noteworthy research to inform and predict the outcomes of US elections. Yet, what role do our classrooms play in advancing the public opinion polling skills of our students? This article uses experiential learning as a descriptive framework to illustrate how a yearlong, immersive, and student-led public opinion polling experience, the Big Sky Poll, advances students’ social-science and data-fluency skills. Our findings suggest important insights into the future of public opinion polling from the vantage point of a rural Western state, which can be replicated in other academic institutions.

The Future Study of Public Opinion: A Symposium

1987 ◽  
Vol 51 (part 2: Supplement: 50th Anniversary Issue) ◽  
pp. S173
Author(s):  
Leo Bogart ◽  
James R. Beniger ◽  
Richard A. Brody ◽  
Irving Crespi ◽  
James A. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Future Study ◽  
The Future

Fake News im Wahlkampf

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Flint
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The Future

The urgency of regulating fake news on social networks regarding election campaigns is more evident than ever. This poses considerable difficulties for legislative practice. It is important to consider the fundamental rights of the parties involved without the state's influence on the formation of public opinion becoming too great. The current options of reacting to fake news do not suffice to ensure a free opinion-forming process. This publication makes an innovative proposal as to how social networks – especially Facebook – can be regulated in the future in such a way that the discourse is strengthened and the alarming influence of private companies on the formation of opinion is limited.

Conclusion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Adamczyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Eastern Orthodoxy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Media Power ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Cross National

The concluding chapter summarizes the book’s major contributions, addresses some important remaining issues, and anticipates how legislation is likely to proceed in the future. The chapter touches on three major religions (Eastern Orthodoxy, Hinduism, and Judaism), which do not receive much attention in other parts of the book. There is also a discussion of public opinion in Russia, which has received a lot of attention for its critical comments and policies. Additionally, this chapter examines cross-national developments in homosexuality-related legislation over the last twenty years. Across the world, many countries seem to be adopting friendlier policies, but there also appears to be a small backlash, often coming from nations with less political, economic, and media power. The backlash provides insight into why we should not expect all nations to march into the future with increasingly tolerant views.

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